Kentucky Coal Mining Museum

  The little town of Benham, Kentucky was a company coal town founded in 1911 by Wisconsin Steel. After the coal was mined it was loaded into ovens to become coke which was then shipped north to fuel the steel mills of International Harvester. Benham was a fairly progressive company town with neat rows of houses, mine offices, a company store, hospital,  theater, clubhouse, school, church and bandstand. Most of the public buildings were built of brick and are still in use today. The museum which is housed in the company store has displays of donated articles, interesting old photographs  and a walk-through mockup of a coal mine.
         
  All three floors of the museum are accessible.

 RVs can be parked behind the museum in the Coal Miner's Memorial Park. A paved walk leads to the museum. It’s slightly uphill so wheelchair users may need to have help.  Museum
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